Opelosuas City Council finds salary compromise

Council will vote next month on a 7 percent salary cut

11:09 PM,
Apr. 9, 2014

Written by

Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

The Opelousas City Council, after at least six months of discussion, introduced another motion to reduce the annual salaries of its the mayor and council members.

Councilman Reggie Tatum, after the budget committee report, proposed cutting everyone's base salary by 7 percent. That would be a compromise between those who wanted around 5 percent and others, including Mayor Donald Cravins Sr., who wanted a more drastic 15-percent cut. Tatum said he based his proposal in research on similar cities and interviews with their officials.